Lacy Williams, Jr. v. State of North Carolina

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:15-hc-02069-BO Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999838934]. Mailed to: Lacy Williams. [16-6067]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6067

LACY LEE WILLIAMS, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:15-hc-02069-BO)

Submitted:

May 26, 2016

Decided:

June 1, 2016

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER, and FLOYD, Circuit
Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lacy Lee Williams, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Lacy

Lee

Williams,

Jr.,

seeks

to

appeal

the

district

court’s order dismissing one, but not all, of the claims he
filed in his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.

This court may

exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291
(2012),

and

certain

interlocutory

and

collateral

orders,

28

U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial
Indus.

Loan

Williams

Corp.,

seeks

to

337

U.S.

appeal

541,

is

545-46

neither

a

(1949).
final

appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

and

materials

legal
before

The

order

order

nor

an

Accordingly, we
We dispense with
contentions
this

court

are
and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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